I also hope we carry this centering of precarity (which is crucially different than scarcity) with us in other ways: in how we engage housing, in how we engage mental health, in how we engage learning. But most of all, selfishly, I hope we can carry it in how we engage disability. There are many of us out there who are now without masks, but are not in the least bit well. Or are well on our own terms, but will continue to need support, visibility, and interdependent care. Let the mutual aid grow into a mutual flourishing, across all borders.
Such a good point brother. I wish I had included that in this piece. It does seem like maybe this could be an opening to decenter "wellness" for the longterm, not just in relation to covid, but as a way of understanding how some of us make so many assumptions about mental and physical health. I'm still on the learning curve here.
Thank you for naming this so clearly, Courtney. I have had great heartache over learning of people making plans for pleasure travel to countries where vaccine availability is limited or non-existent. Yes, travel by vaccinated people stimulates the economy. But there is also the need to be aware of this privilege to go about the world as if your new-found freedom is equally accessible to all. In a myriad of ways. xoS
That's really interesting. I've only known folks traveling to see family so far, but I know there has been a wild range of behaviors, not just now, but through out the pandemic. I'd like to hear more voices from countries where the vaccine is still scarce about how they're experiencing that kind of tourism. Thanks for deepening my thinking.
My daughter is also one of many who cannot get the vaccine because her immune system overreacts to vaccines and destroys the platelets in her blood. She depends on the goodness of others to get vaccinated so that she can stay well.
I also hope we carry this centering of precarity (which is crucially different than scarcity) with us in other ways: in how we engage housing, in how we engage mental health, in how we engage learning. But most of all, selfishly, I hope we can carry it in how we engage disability. There are many of us out there who are now without masks, but are not in the least bit well. Or are well on our own terms, but will continue to need support, visibility, and interdependent care. Let the mutual aid grow into a mutual flourishing, across all borders.
Such a good point brother. I wish I had included that in this piece. It does seem like maybe this could be an opening to decenter "wellness" for the longterm, not just in relation to covid, but as a way of understanding how some of us make so many assumptions about mental and physical health. I'm still on the learning curve here.
I'm also on the curve! We're all curving.
Made donation for Covid Relief in India, thanks for the resources.
Thank you!
Thank you for naming this so clearly, Courtney. I have had great heartache over learning of people making plans for pleasure travel to countries where vaccine availability is limited or non-existent. Yes, travel by vaccinated people stimulates the economy. But there is also the need to be aware of this privilege to go about the world as if your new-found freedom is equally accessible to all. In a myriad of ways. xoS
That's really interesting. I've only known folks traveling to see family so far, but I know there has been a wild range of behaviors, not just now, but through out the pandemic. I'd like to hear more voices from countries where the vaccine is still scarce about how they're experiencing that kind of tourism. Thanks for deepening my thinking.
My daughter is also one of many who cannot get the vaccine because her immune system overreacts to vaccines and destroys the platelets in her blood. She depends on the goodness of others to get vaccinated so that she can stay well.
What an incredibly beautiful reminder. Thank you.